TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 10, 2015

Former Chattanooga Bar Association president Josiah “Jody” Carr Eggleston Baker, 85, died today (Feb. 10). Baker, who grew up in Chattanooga, graduated from Vanderbilt University Law School and the U.S Naval Intelligence School. He worked in Washington D.C. for four years but returned to Tennessee in 1995 to serve as deputy clerk and master of the Davidson County Chancery Court. In 1958, he relocated to Chattanooga and became a partner at Goins, Gammons, Baker and Robinson. In 1984, he started Josiah Baker and Associates, which later became Baker, Kinsman, Hollis, Clelland & Hogue. Funeral services will be held Friday at the First Centenary United Methodist Church, 419 McCallie Ave. Visitation will take place from noon to 2 p.m. A memorial service will begin at 2 p.m. to be followed by a reception. The Chattanoogan has more on Baker’s life.